Morning Minutes for Thursday, May 17

Today’s Featured Birthday Musician/Oscar winner Trent Reznor (47) Word of the Day Lavation lay-VAY-shun (noun) The act or an instance of washing or cleansing — www.merriam-webster.com Website...

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Posted May. 17, 2012 at 12:01 AM
Updated May 17, 2012 at 5:13 PM

Posted May. 17, 2012 at 12:01 AM
Updated May 17, 2012 at 5:13 PM

Word of the Day

Lavation lay-VAY-shun (noun) The act or an instance of washing or cleansing — www.merriam-webster.com

Website of the Day

Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site

www.nps.gov/brvb

On May 17, 1954, The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education ended legal segregation in public schools. Visit this site to learn about the history of segregation and the cases that helped bring its end in schools.

Number to Know

13: Number of parents who brought the class-action suit against in the board of education in Topeka, Kan., the case that led to the Supreme Court’s historic ruling in Brown v. Board of Education.

This Day in History

May 17, 2004: Massachusetts becomes the first state to legalize same-sex marriage.

Today’s Featured Birthday

Musician/Oscar winner Trent Reznor (47)

Daily Quote

“It would not be at all strange if history came to the conclusion that the perfection of the bicycle was the greatest incident of the nineteenth century.” — Author unknown